Qualifications

Professional memberships

Profile

I joined Unitec's Department of Communication Studies in 2006 when I first came to New Zealand after several years working in developing countries as a communication and development specialist.

My international career has taken me to some fascinating places including Papua New Guinea where I was the head of the Communication Arts Dept at DWU in Madang (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_duRrIu4k3A&feature=related), to Kyrgyzstan where I co-chaired the Journalism Department at the American University in Central Asia and to several other institutions in countries of the former Soviet Union (i.e. Mongolia, Georgia), specialising in higher education reforms, journalism and media curriculum development and training. As a result, I believe I understand well the complexities of international development, educational reforms and the role media, journalism and communication in countries experiencing political, economic and social transitions.

My research interests include international and intercultural communication issues, communication for social change and development within the South Pacific Islands context, ethnographic research, diasporas and diasporic media, journalism/communication curricula in developing countries and oral history research on immigrant groups. I am currently involved as a chief research investigator in the Komuniti Tok Piksa project which uses visual technologies for community dialogue and change in the context of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea (http://www.yumipiksa.org/ktp). My research interest in Pacific Islands is evident in several publications, including three edited volumes on Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands communication issues, my role as Research Associate at the Pacific Media Centre (www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/projects/south-pacific-islands-communication-forum, and on-going editorial engagement with journals in this field of studies.

Publications

Doan, C., Papoutsaki, E., & Dodson, G. (2017). Evaluating the impact of Social Change Catalyst on urban community development. A
case study of LIN Center for Community Development in Ho chi Mihn City, Vietnam. Community Development Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Baisembayeva, D., Kolesova, E., & Papoutsaki, E. (2017). The Zhanoazen crisis and Oralmans' place in the (re)construction of the Kazakh national identity. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies (Vol. 19(2)).

Papoutsaki, E., Cass, P., & Matbob, P. (2016). Old and New Media in the Pacific Islands: synergies, challenges and potential. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference, Leicester, United Kingdom.https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3664

Horst, H., Papoutsaki, E., & Schmidt, C. (2016). From the Guest Editors: Digital Media and Development in the Pacific. Information Technologies and International Development Special Issue (Vol. 12(4)).

Dodson, G., & Papoutsaki, E. (2016). Youth-led Activism and Political Engagement in New Zealand. Communication Research and Practice (Vol. 0(0)).

Dodson, G., and Papoutsaki, E. (2014). Representation and Voice in a complex communication environment. Chapter in Communication Issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a Collection of Research Essays, Unitec ePress.

Papoutsaki, E., and Tsoulis, A. (2011). A micro study of Greek female immigrants to NZ and Australia in the 60s. Biennial conference of the Oral History Association of Australia, 30 Sept-2 Oct Melbourne.

Donaghey, S., and Papoutsaki, E. (2011). Contradictions and Contributions: reflections on the experiences of first generation Dutch migrants to New Zealand. Biennial conference of the Oral History Association of Australia, 30 Sept-2 Oct Melbourne.

Donaghey, S., and Papoutsaki, E. (2008). The Industrious Dutchie: recording the experiences of first generation Dutch imigrants to New Zealand in the 1950s. Journal of the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (Vol. 20).https://hdl.handle.net/10652/1499

Rooney, R., and Papoutsaki, E. (2008). Addressing the information needs of a developing country: A Papua New Guinea case study. Banerjee, I., and Rao, M. Media and development in Asia.

Papoutsaki, E. (2008). Challenges facing research universities in the developing world. United Nations University International Leadership Institute Seminar.

Papoutsaki, E. (2008). Communicating the needs of Pacific Islands: The role of media and journalism education. 2nd Conference of the Australia Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies.

Papoutsaki, E. (2008). Reporting development in the South Pacific: A research perspective. Singh, S., and Prasad, B. Media and Development Issues and Challenges in the Pacific Islands.

Papoutsaki, E. (2008). The need for local research approaches: De-Westernising research methodologies for higher education curricula in developing countries. Vessuri, H., and Teichler, U. Universities as centres of research and knowledge creation: An endangered species?.

Papoutsaki, E. (2007). Speaking the grassroots language: Pidgin Press in the South Pacific. Media, Communication, Information: Celebrating 50 Years of Theories and Practices: International Association of Media and Communication Research IAMCR International Conference.

Papoutsaki, E. (2007). De - colonizing journalism curricula: A research and development perspective. 16th AMIC Annual Conference 'Media, Education and Development: The Quest for the New Paradigms' and World Journalism Education Congress.https://hdl.handle.net/10652/1503

Papoutsaki, E., and Rooney, E. (2006). Media, information and development in Papua New Guinea. .

Rooney, E., and Papoutsaki, E. (2006). The media and communication landscape in PNG. Papoutsaki, E., and Rooney, D. Media, information and development in Papua New Guinea.

Papoutsaki, E. (2006). De-westernising research methodologies: Alternative approaches to research for higher education curricula in developing countries. Global Colloquium of the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge.https://hdl.handle.net/10652/1502

McManus, M., and Papoutsaki, E. (2006). Journalism education and national development. Papoutsaki, E., and Rooney, D. Media, information and development in Papua New guinea.